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Literacy Instruction at YKOM: An Update
I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you one of the great partnerships that is happening at Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan. Below is an excerpt from YKOM parent newsletter The Compass.
New Beginnings
Labor Day, First Day of School, Rosh Hashanah, jackets, closed shoes, pumpkin soup, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin risotto, pumpkin pie: the list goes on and on in autumn colors, smells and tastes of New York. But isn’t it counterintuitive that as the calendar year winds down we Northern Hemisphereans, who should be hunkering down for our long winter nap, are energized and bright with anticipation. I guess the answer is that what you...
Bienvenidos a Costa Rica! and welcome to the IRA 22nd World Congress on Reading
Bienvenidos a Costa Rica! and welcome to the IRA 22nd World Congress on Reading, “Reading in a Diverse World” held this year in San Jose. I feel very privileged to have been one of the over 1450 people from 37 countries (mostly from the Americas, but with generous sprinklings from Oceania and Eastern Europe) who attended. It was especially compelling to be in the company of so many dedicated people who work in the most challenging of circumstances and for whom
